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Monday, 12 December 2011

Title: 영광의 재인 / Glory Jane
Chinese Title: 荣光的在仁
Also known as: Man of Honor
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-12 to 2011-Dec-29
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55Synopsis
Kim Young Kwang (Chun Jung Myung) is a baseball player on a minor league team, former 4th hitter of the major league team, is an innocently confident man who never stops trying his best to re-live past glories. Yoon Jae In (Park Min Young) works as a nurse’s aide is a struggling young, cheery, bright girl who always maintains a positive attitude despite her poor background and dreams of becoming a nurse. She meets Kim Young Kwang at the hospital when he sustains injures, as they struggling to overcome their fates, they find love. Seo In Woo (Lee Jang Woo) is the future heir of a sports clothing company and also the clean-up hitter for the a professional baseball team that his father owns. A love triangle ensues between these three characters.CastMain CastChun Jung Myung as Kim Young Kwang
- Ahn Do Gyu as child Young KwangPark Min Young as Yoon Jae In
- Ahn Eun Jung (안은정) as child Jae InLee Jang Woo as Seo In Woo
- Kim Ji Hoon (김지훈) as child In WooSupporting CastPark Sung Woong as Seo In ChulSon Chang Min as Seo Jae MyungChoi Myung Gil as Park Goon JaLee Jin as Cha Hong JooLee Ki Yeol as Kim In BaeKim Yun Joo as Kim Kyung JooNam Bo Ra as Kim Jin JooJung Hye Sun as Oh Soon NyeoKim Sun Kyung as Im Jung OkLee Moon Shik as Heo Young DoKim Sung Oh as Joo Dae SungChoi Seung Kyung as Go Kil DongAhn Nae Sang as Yoon Il GooJang Young Nam as Yeo Eun JooKim Seung Wook as Coach ChoiChoi Ran as nursing director
No Kyung Joo (노경주) as Oh Jung HaeProduction Credits
Director: Lee Jung Sub
Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

Title: 빠담빠담… 그와 그녀의 심장박동소리 / Padam Padam… The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats
Chinese Title: 吧嗒吧嗒～他和她的心跳聲
Also known as: Padam Padam
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-Feb-07
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:45Synopsis
“Padam” which means ‘to thump’ in French is a mellow drama about a man who lived life according to its own course but meets a woman he shouldn’t love and about his breahtaking love for her.
Yang Kang Chil just came out from prison after 16 years. He was jailed because of a murder he never did. After released from prison, he goes to Seoul accompanied by his guardian angel, Lee Gook Soo. Meanwhile, Han Ji Min will play Jung Ji Na , a cheerful veterinarian who loves Kang Chil.CastMain CastJung Woo Sung as Yang Kang ChilHan Ji Min as Jung Ji NaKim Bum as Lee Gook SooSupporting CastNa Moon Hee as Mi JaLee Jae Woo as Kim Young CheolJang Hang Sun as Detective Jung (Ji-Na’s dad)Yoon Joo Sang as Prison officer KimKim Hyung Bum as Yong HakProduction Credits
Director: Kim Kyu Tae
Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung

Title: 49일 / 49 Il / 49 Days
Chinese Title : 49天
Genre: Fantasy, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Mar-16 to 2011-May-19
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 Synopsis
Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days. CastLee Yo Won as Song Yi KyungNam Gyu Ri as Shin Ji Hyun
- Kim Yoo Bin as young Ji HyunJo Hyun Jae as Han KangBae Soo Bin as Kang Min HoJung Il Woo as scheduler / Song Yi SooSeo Ji Hye as Shin In JungExtended Cast Choi Jung Woo as Shin Il Shik (Ji Hyun’s father)Yoo Ji In as Ji Hyun’s motherBae Geu Rin as Park Seo WooSon Byung Ho as Oh Hae WonMoon Hee Kyung as Bang Hwa JoonKang Sung Min as No Kyung Bin
Yoon Bong Gil (윤봉길) as Cha Jin YoungKim Ho Chang as Ki Joon HeeJin Ye Sol as Ma Soon Jung
Lee Jong Park (이종박) as Go Mi JinBan Hyo Jung as sunbae Scheduler (cameo)Kim Hyung Bum as another 49-days-traveller (cameo, ep 15)
Jung Da Hye (정다혜) (cameo) Production Credits
Producer: Choi Moon Suk
Director: Jo Young Kwang (조영광)
Screenwriter: So Hyun Kyung

Title: 컬러 오브 우먼 / Color of Woman
Chinese Title: 女人的色彩
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: To Be Announced
Broadcast network: Channel A
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:20Synopsis
A drama that contrasts a woman who succeeds with knowledge and reason and a woman who weaponizes appearance and sensitivity.
Byun So Ra comes from an ordinary background, but she works very hard. She is then betrayed by her boyfriend and her dreams of becoming a professor fails. Byun So-Ra then joins a cosmetics company and she also meets a rival with whom she clashes in this cosmetics company.
Jae Hee will play the leading man, Yoon Joon Soo. His character is a good looking, smart, and talented chaebol, as he’s the head of this cosmetics company.CastMain CastYoon So Yi as Byun So RaJae Hee as Yoon Joon SooShim Ji Ho as Kang Chan JinLee Soo Kyung as Wang Jin Joo Supporting CastSung Dong IlPark Sang MyunKim Joo YoungProduction Credits
Director: Kim Soo Young
Screenwriter: Choi Yeon Ji, Park Hyun Jin, Jeon Yong SungNote
Actress Eugene was originally cast for the leading role of Byun So Ra. Her sister was then seriously in a car accident that occurred in Guam. Eugene then decided to withdraw from the drama series.Poster

Title: 매리는 외박중 / Maerineun Oebakjoong / Mary Stayed Out All Night
Chinese Title : 玛丽外宿中
Also Known as : Mary is Out at Night / Marry Me, Mary!
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-08 to 2010-Dec-28
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55 Synopsis
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the free-spirited indie singer Kang Moo Kyul when she nearly ran him over in a car. Meanwhile, her father Wi Dae Han is saved from his debtors by his old friend, Jung Suk, who had just returned from considerable success in the Japanese entertainment industry. Jung Suk, who had harboured a secret love for Mae Ri’s mother, sets up a deal with Dae Han to have Mae Ri marry his son, Jung In. In her desperate to escape this predicament, Mae Ri begs Moo Kyul to pose as her husband, and finds herself in even more trouble than before when her father proposes a 100-day period in which she has to divide her time equally between Moo Kyul and Jung In, after which she has to decide who to marry. CastMoon Geun Young as Wi Mae RiJang Geun Suk as Kang Moo KyulKim Jae Wook as Byun Jung InKim Hyo Jin as Seo JoonPark Joon Gyu as Jung Suk (Jung In’s father)Park Sang Myun as Wi Dae Han (Mae Ri’s father)Lee Ah Hyun as Kam So Young (Moo Kyul’s mother)
Shim Yi Young (심이영) as Director BangLee Sun Ho as Lee An
Kim Min Gyu (김민규) as Ri No
Geum Ho Suk (금호석) as Yo Han
Park Chul Hyun (박철현) as Re Oh
Kim Hae Rim (김해림) as Ji HyeLee Eun as So Ra
Chae Min Hee (채민희) as Jang PDYoon Yoo Sun as writer Production Credits
Chief Producer: Jung Sung Hyo
Producer: Han Sang Woo (한상우)
Director: Hong Suk Goo, Kim Young Kyoon (김영균)
Original writing: Won Soo Yeon (원수연)
Screenwriter: In Eun Ah (1-10), Go Bong Hwang (11-16) Note
- Based on the internet comic “Maerineun Uibakjoong” by Won Soo Yeon.
- “Maerineun Uibakjoong” was first published online via cartoon.media.daum.net on February 6, 2009. It was then published as comic book on November 24, 2009
- Won Soo Yeon also wrote the manhwa “Full House” which was adapted into the 2004 KBS drama “Full House”.
- Writer In Eun Ah left the drama due to the drama’s low ratings and discord with the production team. She was replaced with Go Bong Hwang who took over the script from episode 11. Awards
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Netizens’ Award (Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Moon Geun Young and Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 koreandrama.org Awards : The Best Korean Drama of 2010

Title: 포세이돈 / Poseidon
Chinese Title: 海神号/波塞冬
Also Known as: Coast Guard Investigation 9 (CGI9)
Genre: Action, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Sep-19 to 2011-Nov-08
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55Synopsis
This drama is the story of the members life savers of the coast guard. The drama is based on the special duties of the Korean Coast Guard officers (rescues, terrorism threats, and other special missions) and also their obstacle in life and love. The drama takes its name from the Poseidon Team, a special forces unit of the Marines. Using the strong bonds of humanity as a basis, and through the challenges faced by the protagonists and their spirit of self-sacrifice, the drama movingly shows the significance of life and the stories of how people overcome obstacles in life.
Kim Sun Woo, who spent his school days as a troublemaker, decides to make a change in his life and joins the sea special attack team, which is called Poseidon. Sun Woo works as a promising commando, but he unexpectedly becomes entangled in an unsavory incident after 2 years. He is demoted and is sent to a maritime police office in Gunsan city. Sun Woo’s passion cools down and he slowly loses his vision as a maritime policeman. Then one day, Jung Ryul, who has formed a new crime investigation section in Incheon city, visits Sun Woo and asks him to join the team.CastChoi Si Won as Kim Sun WooLee Si Young as Lee Soo YoonLee Sung Jae as Kwon Jung RyulHan Jung Soo as Oh Min HyukJung Woon Taek as Lee Choong ShikKil Yong Woo as Oh Yong GapJang Dong Jik as Kang Joo MinU Know Yunho as Kang Eun Cheul
Im Ki Hyuk (임기혁) as Kim Sang Soo
Kim Tae Hyung (김태형) as Woo Hyun TaeJin Hee Kyung as Hyun Hye Jung
Kim Yoon Seo (김윤서) as Hong Ji Ah
Lee Dong Shin as Kwon Chang BumChoi Jung Woo as Han Sang GoonLee Byung Joon as Superintendent GuSon Jong Bum as Captain Oh
Park Sung Kwang (박성광) as Kim Dae Sung
Lee Sang Hoon (이상훈) as Lee Won Tak
?? as Choi Hee Gon
Kim Joon Bae (김준배) as Jung Duk SooJang Won Young as Ahn Dong ChoolPark Won Sook as Uhm Hee SookChoi Ran as Young Ran
Kim Soo Hyun (김수현) as Kwon Ha NaLee Joo Shil as Cha Myung JooJun Mi Sun as Park Min Jung (cameo)Kim Sun Kyung as Go Na Kyung (cameo)
Jung Joo Ri (cameo) Production Credits
Chief Producer: Kwak Ki Won
Producer: Moon Jung Kwang (문성광), Lee So Yeon
Director: Yoo Chul Yong, Oh Sang Won (오상원)
Screenwriter: Jo Kyu Won (조규원)Trivia
This Drama was original casting by Eric Moon Jeong Hyuk, Kim Kang Woo, Kim Ok Bin and Jeon Hye Bin, but they all left after the filming of drama was repetitively delayed since 2010, due to Bombardment of Yeonpyeong incident and bad weather.

Title: 궁 (宮) / Goong (Gung)
Chines title : 宮
Also known as: Palace / Princess Hours (MBC Global Media) / Imperial Household
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-11 to 2006-Mar-30
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Songs: “Perhaps Love” by HowL & J. , “You & I Are Fools” by Stay, “Parrot” by HowL
Inserts “Ice Pond”, “Give Me A little Try” by Leigh NashSynopsis
Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae Kyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae Kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin’s grandfather.
After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul appears all of a sudden. He is Shin’s cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae Kyung’s optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae Kyung’s relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?CastMain castYoon Eun Hye as Shin Chae KyungJoo Ji Hoon as Lee ShinKim Jeong Hoon as Lee YulSong Ji Hyo as Min Hyo Rin Chae Kyung’s family
Im Ye Jin as Chae Kyung’s mother
Kang Nam Gil as Chae Kyung’s father
Kim Suk as Shin Chae Joon (younger brother) Shin’s friends
Choi Sung Joon as Kang In
Lee Yong Joo as Jang Kyung
Uhm Sung Mo as Ryu Wan Chae kyung’s friends
Jun Ji Ae as Lee Kang Hyun
Lee Eun as Kim Soon Young
Dan Ji as Yoon Hee Soong Palace
Kim Hye Ja as the Queen Mother
Yoon Yoo Sun as the Queen
Park Chan Hwan as the King
Lee Yoon Ji as Princess Hye Myung (Shin’s sister)
Shim Hye Jin as Lady Hwa Yong (Yul’s mother)
Choi Bool Am as Emperor Seongjo Production Credits
Original Work: Manhwa 「궁」 by Park So-hee
Production Company: Eight Peaks
Director: Hwang In Roe
Writer: In Eun Ah Awards
- 1st Seoul Drama Awards: Best Art Director
- 42nd Baeksang Awards: nominated for Best New Actor (Joo Ji Hoon) and Best New Actress (Yoon Eun Hye)
- 2006 MBC Drama Awards: won New Actor Award (Joo Ji Hoon) and New Actress Award (Yoon Eun Hye)